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| + | <h1>Esther and Achashverosh</h1> | ||
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| + | <approaches> | ||
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| + | <category name="">Esther didn't care | ||
| + | <mekorot>Perhaps <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit12-15" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit12-15" data-aht="source">Bereshit 12:15</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>,</mekorot> | ||
| + | <point><b>Esther's Religious Identity</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"וַתִּלָּקַח"</b></point> | ||
| + | </category> | ||
| + | <category name="">The Ends Justify the Means | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RambamEsther5-1" data-aht="source">Commentary attributed to Rambam</a><a href="RambamEsther2-8" data-aht="source">Esther 2:8</a><a href="RambamEsther5-1" data-aht="source">Esther 5:1</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagEsther2-10" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagEsther2-10" data-aht="source">Esther 2:10</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYSReggioIntroductiontoEsther" data-aht="source">R. Y"S Reggio</a><a href="RYSReggioIntroductiontoEsther" data-aht="source">Introduction to Esther</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Shemuel Reggio (Yashar)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Shemuel Reggio</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
| + | <point><b>Esther's Religious Identity</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"וַתִּלָּקַח"</b> – Radak claims that "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies going willingly, and not being taken by force.</point> | ||
| + | <point><b>אשת איש</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>לא בקשה דבר</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Halakhic Considerations</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>Definition of אונס</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>One time / Multiple Times</b></point> | ||
| + | </category> | ||
| + | <category name="">Esther was forced | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="SederOlamRabbah29" data-aht="source">Seder Olam Rabbah</a><a href="SederOlamRabbah29" data-aht="source">29</a><a href="Seder Olam Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Seder Olam Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliMegillah15a" data-aht="source">Bavli Megillah</a><a href="BavliMegillah15a" data-aht="source">15a</a><a href="BavliMegillah15b" data-aht="source">15b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliSanhedrin74a-b" data-aht="source">Bavli Sanhedrin</a><a href="BavliSanhedrin74a-b" data-aht="source">74a-b</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumSheniEsther2-8" data-aht="source">Second Targum of Megillat Esther</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther2-8" data-aht="source">2:8</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther4-11" data-aht="source">4:11</a><a href="TargumSheniEsther4-16" data-aht="source">4:16</a><a href="Second Targum of Megillat Esther" data-aht="parshan">About Second Targum of Megillat Esther</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-8" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-8" data-aht="source">Esther 2:8</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonEsther2-16" data-aht="source">Esther 2:16</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraEstherSecondVersion2-8" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraEstherSecondVersion2-8" data-aht="source">Esther Second Version 2:8</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RAvrahamSabaEshkolHaKopher2-8" data-aht="source">R. Avraham Saba</a><a href="RAvrahamSabaEshkolHaKopher2-8" data-aht="source">Eshkol HaKopher 2:8</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Saba</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchakEstherPart1" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak Esther</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchakEstherPart1" data-aht="source">Part 1</a></multilink>, Yosef Lekach</mekorot> | ||
| + | <point><b>"וַתִּלָּקַח"</b> – Ibn Ezra claims that the word "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies being taken by force.<fn>Cf. <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit12-15" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit12-15" data-aht="source">Bereshit 12:15</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>.</fn></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"</b> – According to this opinion, Esther did not say who she was for one of two reasons:<br/> | ||
| + | <ul> | ||
| + | <li>So that she will not be chosen as queen.</li> | ||
| + | <li>So it will be easier for her to keep mitzvot.</li> | ||
| + | </ul></point> | ||
| + | </category> | ||
| + | </approaches> | ||
| + | </page> | ||
| + | </aht-xml> | ||
Version as of 23:03, 9 February 2015
Esther and Achashverosh
Exegetical Approaches
Esther didn't care
The Ends Justify the Means
Esther's Religious Identity
"וַתִּלָּקַח" – Radak claims that "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies going willingly, and not being taken by force.
אשת איש
לא בקשה דבר
"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ"
Halakhic Considerations
Definition of אונס
One time / Multiple Times
Esther was forced
Sources:Seder Olam Rabbah, Bavli Megillah, Bavli Sanhedrin, Second Targum of Megillat Esther, R. Saadia Gaon, Ibn Ezra, R. Avraham Saba, Akeidat Yitzchak Esther, Yosef Lekach
"וַתִּלָּקַח" – Ibn Ezra claims that the word "וַתִּלָּקַח" implies being taken by force.1
"לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר אֶת עַמָּהּ וְאֶת מוֹלַדְתָּהּ" – According to this opinion, Esther did not say who she was for one of two reasons:
- So that she will not be chosen as queen.
- So it will be easier for her to keep mitzvot.
